Did Jesus make a mistake when he chose married men, like Saint Peter, to be His Apostles?

I am a Catholic priest, a husband and a father - I like to think that any one of these vocations makes me better at the other two.Show more

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Pax tecum
Bobby

Intro
1. Charism of celibacy
a. I am not here to speak negatively about celibacy
i. Charism of celibacy is great gift
b. Can’t be demanded by law
i. Gift of the holy spirit
1. 1 Corinthians 7. Paul did not say celibacy is better than marriage. He said “But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.” (1 cor 7:7)
2. Celibacy is for some but not others
3. Parousia
a. Jesus called married and unmarried men. Peter was married. At least 7 popes too
b. Mechanic and being forced to play clarinet
2. If the church had let me be married catholic priest, they would have gotten an addition 45 years of service from me
a. 11 others got married and many left the seminary to get married
i. 440 years of ministry lost to some diocese
b. 5000 parishes have no priest with many priests responsible for multiple parishes – there aren’t enough priests
i. “I sent you the boat and you didn’t get in/ I sent you married men”
ii. Priests are exhausted
iii. How do you have energy to pray?
iv. Energy to serve your parish?
1. Prayer meetings every week
2. Ministry that isn’t happening
a. Sick in hospitals, shut in, prisoners, retirement homes
3. How many people are leaving the church because of a lack of ministry?
3. Married catholic priests are a part of the solution just as much as celibate priests are
a. Married catholic priests have first hand experience in marriage and family the world of work and raising children
i. The 3 biggest areas of stress and problems that affect people on a daily basis
4. qualifications
a. 5 masters including psychology and counseling
b. Married since 1976
c. 6 kids
d. 3 grandchildren I pick up from school and babysit for every week
e. 13 years as a diocesan priest
f. 5 years assistant in a parish
i. Making a cursillo
a. Transferring it to the high school level
b. Importance of cursillo as an evangelical program that the church has missed. Most Catholics have been sacra mentalized but not evangelized
c. 5 years religion teacher Bethlehem Catholic
d. Baptism in the H.S.
e. Prayer group – direct method
f. 39 years as a director of Mary’s Fieldg. 32 years as MHS, 40 years in education

biographical

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Father Pfeiffer was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1963 after graduating with 5 Masters degrees from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. In 1976 he married Cynthia and together they raised 6 kids. In 1981 they started Mary's Field, a non-profit organization to help battered wives and pregnant teenagers. In 1995 they bought a 20 acre property for hosting retreats for AA and numerous other religious and social organizations. He spent 30 years teaching Latin and is now semi-retired. He says mass every Sunday morning, continues to do some counseling, in addition to writing a monthly newsletter, babysitting a few days a week for his two grand kids and raising 27 white ducks for eggs.

Every Sunday my dad says mass. After each homily he ends with a call for "questions, comments or observations." This, among other things, makes for good discussions and reflections about the Sunday readings, and mass with my father as the celebrant something unique.

So I will conclude with the same - "Questions, comments, observations?"